Coin slot purse



Nv. 27, 1934. E E AR 1,981,975

COIN SLOT PURSE Original Filed April 19, 1933 INVENTQR.

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Patented Nov. 27, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COIN SLOT PURSE Application April 19, 1933, Serial No. 666,823 Renewed August 10, 1934 1 Claim.

One object or" this invention is the provision of a coin-holding slot on purses, hand bags, and the like, in which a number of coins such as nickels may be carried on the outside of the bag ready 5 to be emitted at the moment the coin is required, thus eliminating the necessity of opening the purse and searching therein for the coin.

Another object of the invention is the provision of such a coin holder secured to the side of a bag and provided with means for quickly discharging a coin therefrom.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a purse equipped with the coin holder.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of a fragment of the purse, showing the coin holder;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral represents a purse having the side wall 11. Such bag walls are usually formed of two layers of leather 12 and 13. The outer layer 12 is cut out to provide a vertical slot. A housing 14 of rigid material such as a metal, rectangular in cross-section, is mounted between the layers 12 and 13. The front wall 15 of the housing 14 is provided with a slot 16, and each side of the wall surrounding the slot is provided with an extension 1'7 which is doubled back against the wall with the leather of the layer 12, that is, the edges of the latter which bound the vertical slot in the leather, clamped therebetween, thus locking the housing 1 to the bag.

The housing 14 is further provided with a floor 18, and the front wall 15 thereof is provided with upper extremities which are doubled over to form edge reinforcements 19 at the top or mouth of the housing. Slidably mounted within the housing 14 is a lug 20 of the same conformation as the housing and substantially bridging the gap between the opposite end walls 22 thereof. This lug is provided with a grip tongue or handle 21 which projects through the slot 16.

Near the upper end of the housing, the end walls 22 are cut out at 23, and the bases of spring fingers are secured to said walls at 24 at the edge of the cut-out, the arcuate free ends 25 of these fingers extending into the housing through these cut-outs and having their convex sides mutuallyopposed.

In use, the lug 20 lies at the bottom of the hous- 6!} ing 14, and a number of coins are forced through the mouth past the springs 25, taking the positions shown dotted in Figure 2. When a coin is desired, the lug 20 is raised by handle 21 until the uppermost coin has been forced past the springs 25. This operation is of the simplest. The springs 25 normally prevent the coins from leaving the housing in case the bag is upset or shaken.

Obviously modifications in form and structure 79 may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

In combination with a hand bag or the like,

a housing adapted to be secured to the bag comprising four walls enclosing a compartment substantially rectangular in cross-section, one of said walls having a longitudinal slot therein, each side of said slotted wall having an extension adja cent the slot, said extensions being doubled back 80 against said slotted wall with the material forming the bag clamped therebetween to lock the housing to the bag, a lug slidably mounted in said housing and having a tongue extending through the slot in said slotted wall, and resilient means near the top of said housing for releasably retaining a plurality of coins therein.

EDWARD WEIMAR. 

